Images of Tide Pods and its new evo product
Tide announced it's releasing evo (right) a successor to its popular Pods (left).
  • Tide is launching a new laundry detergent product in "tile" form.
  • Tide evo arrives as Tide's long-dominant Pods face criticism about water pollution.
  • The fabric tiles don't have "unnecessary liquid and fillers," Tide said.

Popular but polarizing Tide Pods could soon be a product of the past.

On Friday, Tide parent company Procter & Gamble unveiled a new laundry detergent product called "tiles" at the South by Southwest festival.

Tide evo — as the white squares have been branded — will launch next month in Colorado before a nationwide rollout later this year.

Tide said it "listened to consumers' voices" in developing the tiles, which come in recyclable paper packaging.